FileExists Method

Description

Returns True if the specified file exists; False if it does not.

PowerBASIC Syntax

METHOD FileExists ( _

BYVAL bstrFileSpec AS STRING _

) AS INTEGER

Arguments

bstrFileSpec

BSTR. The name of the file whose existence is to be determined. A complete path specification (either absolute or relative) must be provided if the file isn't expected to exist in the current folder.

Return Value

Boolean. VARIANT_TRUE or VARIANT_FALSE.

Example [PowerBASIC]

#INCLUDE "windows.inc"

#INCLUDE "scrrun.inc"

DIM fso AS IFileSystem

DIM iExists AS INTEGER

' Create an instance of the FileSystemObject

fso = NEWCOM "Scripting.FileSystemObject"

' Check if the file exists

iExists = fso.FileExists(UCODE$("C:\MyFolder\Test.txt"))

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